{"id":12051,"date":"2009-07-19T22:00:18","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T03:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=12051"},"modified":"2009-07-19T22:00:18","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T03:00:18","slug":"offensive-line-rankings-190709","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/fantasy-football\/offensive-line-rankings-190709\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Football: Ranking The O-Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rating The Top Fantasy Football Sleeper Picks<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fantasy Football Draft Guide &#8211; Cheat Sheets &amp; Player Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you in the market for fantasy football draft info? Or 2009 Offensive Line Rankings + O-Line player rating cheat sheets for your 2009 fantasy draft?<\/p>\n<p>Pre-season is nearly upon us, so for the next few weeks we encourage you to be checking out our\u00a0<a title=\"Fantasy Football Draft Guide\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/fantasy-football\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>fantasy football draft guide<\/strong><\/a> for all your rankings and analysis for the upcoming league drafts that your going to be participating in.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A pyramid is one of the strongest 3-D geometric shapes, but is only as strong as its base.\u00a0 The base of any NFL offense rests in its offensive line.\u00a0 This is not a group of athletically gifted prima donnas or glory hounds basking in the media coverage, this is the heart of a team.<\/p>\n<p>These are the guys who go to battle every play because the team counts on them to win that battle, the success of every play depends on it.<\/p>\n<p>These guys drive the ball down the field, plowing ahead and creating running lanes or offering pass protection for the single most important player on the team.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>offensive line<\/strong> is more important to a great team than the great QB or the game breaking running back because without that solid quintet up front no player on offense can succeed consistently, even a kicker.<\/p>\n<p>None of these guys are drafted in <strong>Fantasy Football<\/strong> but they may help illuminate some guys you may want to draft so pay attention as we run down the top ten offensive lines in the league last season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may take note these are based on results, not the potential based on contracts or individual Pro Bowls.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tennessee Titans<\/strong> &#8211; One of the best running attacks in      the NFL and giving up a league low 12 sacks makes this group a dominant      force.\u00a0 Kerry Collins is hardly mobile so for any line to allow only      12 sacks in 453 pass attempts is a glowing endorsement of their ability to      push their team down the field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Atlanta Falcons<\/strong> &#8211; A rookie QB and free agent RB that      just cashed in a huge contract rarely make for a successful season in the NFL;      in fact defenses dream of that combination.\u00a0 The Falcons O-line kept      Matt Ryan upright and opened holes allowing Michael Turner to become a      premier runner in the league last season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Denver Broncos<\/strong> &#8211;      Seven RBs started for the Broncos last season so the running game was a      little confused but in 620 pass attempts Jay Cutler was sacked 12      times.\u00a0 That means he was sacked once every 52 attempts.\u00a0 Kudos      to that line for enduring a tough season and count on them this year      whoever is running the ball.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New York Giants<\/strong> &#8211; Top rushing team in the NFL last      year.\u00a0 Eli was sacked 29 times which is a lot considering their      running prowess but 8 came in one game so I let that adjust the      scale.\u00a0 The running game was so dominant at times it almost seemed as      though teams quit.\u00a0 That is a huge win for an O-line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carolina Panthers<\/strong> &#8211; DeAngelo Williams and Jonathon      Stewart.\u00a0 Who?\u00a0 Exactly.\u00a0 Third best running team in the      NFL with two virtual unknowns, unknown no longer.\u00a0 The line dominated      other teams so much that Carolina finished dead last in pass attempts last      year with 414 but still a respectable 21 attempts per sack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgmg.co.cr\/aspx\/affiliateStoreClick.aspx?ID_SC=1445&amp;ID_I=408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/banners.wgmg.co.cr\/aspx\/affiliateGetImage.aspx?ID_SC=1445&amp;ID_I=408\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Baltimore Ravens<\/strong> &#8211; Much the same as the Falcons with a      rookie QB, their RB-by-committee approach was near the top in the NFL last      season.\u00a0 For the same reason they are getting a high rank on my list      mainly because 2 of the 3 RB&#8217;s were rookies (OK near-rookie McClain had 17      touches total in 07\/08)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Miami Dolphins<\/strong> &#8211; The Wildcat took the NFL by surprise      last season but it has no success if the line can&#8217;t block for it.      Pennington started and was upright for most of the season which says a      lot.\u00a0 The line pounded Miami all the way into the playoffs ahead of      the Patriots for a well-deserved 7<sup>th<\/sup> in my list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Minnesota Vikings <\/strong>&#8211; Hard to tell whether the line is      extremely good or Adrian Peterson is an absolute monster.\u00a0 I think      more the latter than former but regardless these guys are good.\u00a0 Pass      blocking last season was awful but that could be a QB problem rather than      a line issue so I put them in eighth despite the 43 sacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New York Jets <\/strong>&#8211; The 2<sup>nd<\/sup> New York team      to make this list but no less deserving.\u00a0 The running game is good      despite Jones\/Washington.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think either is an exceptional      back yet the line mows a path for them. They managed to be top 10 in      rushing and top half of sacks allowed at18 attempts per sack, no small      feat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Orleans Saints <\/strong>&#8211; Maybe Brees makes these guys look      good but he was sacked 13 times in a league high 636 pass attempts.\u00a0      That is an exceptional ratio for a team everyone knows is going to pass      nearly 2\/3 of the time.\u00a0 The rushing game was non-existent until      Pierre Thomas took over for Bush late in the season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just because your league doesn&#8217;t reward pancake blocks doesn&#8217;t mean the big uglies don&#8217;t count.<\/p>\n<p>A good O-line turns a good runner into an All-Pro and keeps the quarterback upright and passing straight. A bad one means a whole lot of three-and-outs.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not easy to judge NFL offensive linemen. They have no stats of their own \u2014 no tackles, yards or touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>They work behind the scenes, but in front of everybody.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2009 <a title=\"Fantasy Football\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/fantasy-football\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>CappersPicks.com Fantasy Football Guide<\/strong><\/a> we try to give everybody some love.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/internet-sportsbooks\/\">WAGER AT OUR BEST FOOTBALL BETTING SPORTSBOOKS FOR ALL THE NFL SEASON GAMES &#8211; REVIEWS OF ALL 2009 SPORTSBOOKS TAKING CREDIT CARD DEPOSITS (click here)<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s your guide to the draft day steals. How about it, owners? Email me your thoughts.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fantasy football offensive line rankings for the 2009 NFL fantasy football season to assist you on draft day. 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